Florida Senate - 2023 SB 1488
By Senator Garcia
36-01186A-23 20231488__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to lottery retailer compensation;
3 amending s. 24.105, F.S.; requiring that specified
4 compensation be paid to retailers for Florida Lottery
5 ticket sales; deleting a limitation on additional
6 retailer compensation; repealing s. 58, chapter 2022
7 157, Laws of Florida, relating to the future
8 expiration of an amendment; providing effective dates.
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10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12 Section 1. Paragraph (i) of subsection (9) of section
13 24.105, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
14 24.105 Powers and duties of department.—The department
15 shall:
16 (9) Adopt rules governing the establishment and operation
17 of the state lottery, including:
18 (i) The manner and amount of compensation of retailers,
19 provided, however, that except for the 2022-2023 fiscal year
20 only, effective July 1, 2022, the commission for Florida Lottery
21 ticket sales shall be 6 5.75 percent of the purchase price of
22 each ticket sold or issued as a prize by a retailer. Any
23 additional retailer compensation is limited to the Florida
24 Lottery Retailer Bonus Commission program appropriated in
25 Specific Appropriation 2759U of the 2022-2023 General
26 Appropriations Act.
27 Section 2. Effective upon this act becoming a law, section
28 58 of chapter 2022-157, Laws of Florida, is repealed.
29 Section 3. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
30 act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon
31 this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1,
32 2023.